2019 Sunshine List: Ontario Institute for Cancer Research top earners
Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, 57 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $9,198,746.87 in 2018.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Ontario Institute for Cancer Research was Director and Senior Scientist Rima Al-Awar who brought home $462,746.18 in 2018.
Following Rima Al-Awar was Director and Senior Scientist Johnathan M. Bartlett, who had annual earnings of $406,351.36. Executive Lead Peter Goodhand made $394,602.96, Director and Senior Scientist Lincoln Stein made $363,807.35 and Deputy Director Christine Williams round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $295,469.64 for the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 2019 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 57 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 13 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 27 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 6 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 4 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 4 received over $300,000 at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2019 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2019 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, makes Ontario's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.